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Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegationsU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post. Rubio told reporters before leaving Greece on Thursday that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story…
San Jose has seen some success with homelessness. Can San Diego learn from it?A year ago, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan told attendees at the third annual End Homelessness Summit that his city would build around 1,000 temporary units and get at least 50% of its homeless population housed. At the fourth annual End Homelessness Summit held Wednesday at the Carlsbad City Library, Mahan said that in the past 18 months, San Jose reduced…
Trump 'Environmental Destruction Agency Continues Its Rampage' With Methane Pollution RollbackThe US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced plans to further weaken federal protections against methane pollution from oil and gas operations, prompting environmental advocates to accuse the Trump administration of once again putting fossil fuel interests ahead of public health and the climate. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made the…
Maricarmen, Whose Eviction Sparked Housing Protests Across Spain, Dies at 87María del Carmen Abascal Martín, an 87-year-old Spanish woman known as Maricarmen whose eviction led to massive housing protests and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling early elections, died this week, before she could return to her longtime home from the hospital. In a joint statement cited by El País, the Madrid Tenants' Union, Abascal's family, and…
The FTC is sending money to people affected by GOAT marketplace’s “deceptive” policies.In 2024, the FTC alleged that GOAT didn’t mail “some priority processing orders as fast as promised” and didn’t have a system in place to honor its “Buyer Protection” policy that promised full refunds for products found to be incorrect. Last year, GOAT settled with the FTC and refunded more than $736,000, and today, the FTC is distributing payments…